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Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., which owns a significant interest in one of the country's flagship energy projects, has trimmed its budget, narrowed its production expectations, and posted a quarterly loss it attributed to lagging crude prices and Alberta's ...

Ben Nelms/BloombergCanadian Oil Sands shares have plummeted from $20 each in September 2014 to $6.50 each in the middle of last week, before the company announced a cut to its capital budget and an 86% dividend cut.

The company with the largest stake in oilsands miner Syncrude Canada is a prime takeover target and its most likely suitor is the company with the second-largest stake, according to a research report published Monday.

Amid speculation that Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. may be taken out along with its 37% in the Syncrude oil sands project, the second-biggest stakeholder in the project is often cited as the mostly likely buyer.

Ben Nelms/BloombergCanadian Oil Sands' dividend yield exceeded 20% at yesterday's close. Yields higher than 10% generally indicate that the market expects a cut, according to Robert Mark, a Toronto-based director of research at MacDougall, ...

There has been ample talk recently of a Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. (TSX:COS) takeover. Most of the discussion surrounding a potential takeover, however, has centred on potential bidders, how the acquisition could help those bidders, and pricing.